autoayuda

Spanish

Etymology

From auto- +‎ ayuda.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌautoaˈʝuda/ [ˌau̯.t̪o.aˈʝu.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): /ˌautoaˈʝuda/ [ˌau̯.t̪o.aˈʝu.ð̞a] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˌautoaˈʃuda/ [ˌau̯.t̪o.aˈʃu.ð̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˌautoaˈʒuda/ [ˌau̯.t̪o.aˈʒu.ð̞a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: au‧to‧a‧yu‧da

Noun

autoayuda f (plural autoayudas)

1. self-help

Further reading

• “autoayuda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024